Fabricate’s free import check precedes credit-using builds and paid publishing

Fabricate’s [October 30 changelog](https://fabricate.build/changelog) says Import a project, in the sidebar, accepts a public GitHub link or ZIP file for a React or plain HTML project and checks it for free. The first build that gets it running uses credits. The free stage is therefore the check, rather than a completed running copy.

The [October 14 change](https://fabricate.build/changelog) says publishing an app, or publishing changes to it, now requires a paid plan. That later rule supersedes June’s first‑publish‑free entry. Build credits and a publishing plan are separate requirements: the import entry does not say the check needs a paid plan, nor does it restore free publishing. Engineers pair programming, December 20, 2012; archival context, not Fabricate staff or interface. Photo: [Vajrapani666](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vajrapani666) / [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pair_Programming_3.jpg), [CC BY‑SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by‑sa/3.0). Display crops retain the same licence.